Index File | The MN Connection to a Football Hall of Famer

>> DAWDLE, WE DO NOT DARE.

HERE IS LAST WEEK'S ENDEW FILE QUESTION ABOUT MINNESOTA HISTORY.

IT CONCERNS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN ATHLETES OF THE PAST HALF-CENTURY.

WE TOLD YOU THIS PERSON, ABSOLUTELY NOT SEEN HERE IS, A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

THIS ATHLETE IS THE SUBJECT OF A RECENT DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY RELEASED LAST FALL TO GREAT FANFARE.

WE ADDED THE HINT THAT THIS BOOK FEATURES A PROMINENT QUOTE ON PAGE 394 FROM A PERSON WHO REGULARLY APPEARS ON "ALMANAC."

WE MADE IT YOUR JOB TO TELL US THE NAME OF THE FAMED ATHLETE AND THE "ALMANAC" GUEST.

ONE FURTHER HINT, THIS "ALMANAC" REGULAR GUEST APPEARED ON THE SHOW TONIGHT!

WHAT "ALMANAC" REGULAR IS QUOTED IN A RECENT BOOK ABOUT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER?

AS USUAL WE START WITH THE FOLKS WHO STRUGGLED WITH THE QUESTION AND A THEME QUICKLY EMERGED.

LISTEN UP.

>> HI, THIS IS LEE IN ST. LOUIS PARK.

AND I'M GUESSING THAT THE ANSWER TO THE "ALMANAC" QUESTION THIS WEEK IS TOM BRADY AS HE ATHLETE AND LARRY FITZGERALD AS THE FREQUENT GUEST ON YOUR SHOW.

>> I BELIEVE THE LOCAL REGULAR COMMENTATOR ON "ALMANAC" IS LARRY FITZGERALD, AND I BELIEVE THE ATHLETE ABOUT WHOM HE WAS COMMENTING FOR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WAS BOBBY BELL.

THANKS.

>> HI, WE KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO ONE PART OF THE QUESTION IS FITZY, WHO'S ON TALKING ABOUT SPORTS QUITE OFTEN.

WOULD IT BE HIS SON LARRY FITZGERALD THAT PLAYED FOR THE CARDINALS?

>> Cathy: THAT'S NOT BAD.

HERE'S A HINT.

THOSE CALLERS WERE WRONG BOTH ABOUT THE HALL OF FAMER AND ABOUT THE "ALMANAC" REGULAR.

YES, THE REGULAR WE ASKED ABOUT WAS NOT ALMANAC'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR LARRY FITZGERALD SENIOR, SO WHO WAS T?

>> Eric:.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, CATHY, I GOT THIS.

I'M TAKING OVER.

YES, THE PERSON QUOTED WAS ME.

IN THE RECENT BIOGRAPHY OF BO JACKSON THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS THE "LAST FOLK HERO" BO JACKSON WAS THE LAST PRO ATHLETE TO HAVE A HIP REPLACEMENT AND RETURN TO PLAY.

MARK DEPAOLIS, MINNESOTA BASED PHYSICIAN PUT IT BLUNTLY, THE CONSTANT ABUSE OF COMPETITIVE SPORTS, I WROTE, MIGHT TURN HIS NEW HIP INTO A ATTLING PEANUT IN A SHELL.

I DON'T REMEMBER WRITING THAT.

I DEFINITELY DON'T REMEMBER GETTING A CENT FOR BEING QUOTED.

PERHAPS YOU HAD A RECENT BOOK THAT QUOTES AN ALMANAC REGULAR.

IF SO, WE WANT TO HEAR YOU.

>> Cathy: YEAH, OKAY.

I'LL TAKE IT OVER FROM HERE.

YEAH, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, I'M GOING TO TAKE BACK CONTROL RIGHT NOW.

THE WAY TO REACH US WITH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, SUPER EASY.

651-229-1430.

THAT'S OUR VOICEMAIL.

E-MAIL AND COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO ALMANAC @TPT.ORG.

YOU CAN WATCH LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL AND ON THAT SAME CHANNEL YOU CAN WATCH ALMANAC AT THE CAPITOL EACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00.

FOR SHOW CLOSING MUSIC WE REACH AGAIN IN THE TPT VAULTS.

31 YEARS AGO TRIP SHAKESPEARE PERFORMED A CONCERT IN STUDIO A.

WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN AS WE ROLL THE CREDITS.

NOW, THIS GROUP HASN'T BEEN BROADCAST IN DECADES, SO ENJOY AND GOOD NIGHT.

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